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Early Warning Automates Home Loan Asset Verification
February 17, 2016

Early Warning, a fraud prevention, payments and risk management company, announced Tuesday (Feb. 16) its new effort to automate asset verification for home lending. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Investments
Icahn Slashed Apple Stake In Q4 — Among Others
February 17, 2016

Lest you think it’s only the small investor who flees at the drop of a hat, or stock, consider that some of the biggest names in the hedge fund world have cored their holdings in Apple as if they’d discovered worms in the once-highflying tech...

Investments
Investments Trickle In And Kontakt.io Picks Up Another $5M
February 17, 2016

The investment pond was more or less tranquil this week, with only around $118M in total activity exciting the waters. And though most investors have been more focused on the latest round of earnings, Polish beacon firm Kontakt.io managed to pick up another $5M to...

How PayU Plans To Be The Next PayPal
February 17, 2016

For as many differences as there are in the payments ecosystem between the U.S. and emerging markets, there’s one common thread that both sides of the consumer spectrum have increasingly found access to. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Rise Of The Machines (In Fighting Fraud)
February 17, 2016

As the data created by online transactions continues to expand at a rapid pace, so, too, do the security elements surrounding them. Todd Clark, SVP and head of STAR Network and debit processing at First Data, explains how machine learning creates a “smarter point of...

Watch What China’s Currency Does, Not What Policymakers Say
February 16, 2016

Remember the big currency devaluation from China this past summer that crushed markets? No? Neither do investors, for the moment. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Australian Banks Cleared Of Bitcoin Blocking Accusations
February 16, 2016

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has cleared Australian banks from the accusations related to claims over blocking bitcoin services. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Mobile Commerce
Kanye’s Zuckerberg Plea And Album Mishaps
February 16, 2016

Few might be better at building hype for their own work than Kanye West himself, and when it was announced over the weekend that fans would have to flock to the streaming service TIDAL for a first listen of Yeezus’ new album “The Life of...

Knowledge — And Speed — Power Retail Security
February 16, 2016

Everybody wants the newest thing when it comes to security technology but, sometimes, at the cost of understanding potential risks. In this week’s Retail Security Tracker, we take a look at the downside of some new measures, as well as the importance of every (nano)second...